June 17, 2025 Meeting Minutes

June 17, 2025 TM meeting minutes William Hinrichs via Toastmasters Club 9406 ​members@publicspeakingnorthwest.com​ June 17, 2025, Minutes Announcements: Lynne opened the meeting by sharing how grateful and honored she was to be our president this year. She indicated, that as Toastmaster she would express her gratitude for the support she got from fellow officers later in the meeting. Lynne went on to explain that we would be electing new officers (Eff July 1,2025) at this meeting. The current officers had gathered a proposed slate of officers for consideration. She also mentioned that other nominations would be accepted, but none were offered. The following slate of officers was proposed: President: Theresa Haynes VP Education: Nancy Carpenter VP Membership: Maria Cubacha VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca Secretary: Bill Hinrichs Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz The proposed slate, after being put forward by Bill, 2nd by Warren, was approved unanimously (13 votes). Toastmaster: Lynne with the theme “With Gratitude” Our Sergeant at Arms: Lynne for Katie called our meeting to order. Our President Lynne; opened our meeting. VPE Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute: Nancy referred us to a YouTube video. “How to Become a Great Storyteller” Lisa Nichols Speaking Technically Https://www.youtube.com/watch?y=-WA3rirFtuA GATE TEAM Grammarian: Turtle with the word of the day “Affirm Ah Counter Amy Timer –Natalia General Evaluator Maria Our 1st Speaker was Chirag with “Overview, Sourcing and Procurement Operations.” Our 2nd Speaker was Kelly with, “When the Boss is the Biohazard.” Evaluating Chirag’s speech was Warren Evaluating Kelly’s speech was Bill Table Topics Master was Theresa Table topics speakers were Deanna, Nancy and Marcus. Members in Attendance were Warren, Theresa, Bill, Lynne, Nancy, Marcus, Amy, Kelly, Deanna, TK, Maria, Chirag and Natalia. guests in Attendance: none Closing: Lynne reiterated her gratitude for serving with other committed officers and pointed out specifics of all the help she received this term. She also listed our accomplishments for the club. She mentioned finding our new in-person location at Brightwater, establishing a guest speaker policy, using the TI Self-Pay system. She also cited the strength of our club, which won 5 awards at the district 2 Spring Conference. Finally, she encouraged members to consider an officer position in the winter; and to know there would be plenty of support. Motion to adjourn: Bill 2nd Kelly

June 10, 2025 Meeting Minutes

June 10, 2025, Meeting Minutes    Announcements:  Lynne announced Theresa Haynes was Toastmaster of the week for June 3rd. Be sure to check it out in the June 3rd issue of Starburst. New officers for our club will be selected at our next meeting. Our election is June 17th. Nominations accepted up to the day of the meeting. Proposed Slate of Officers for election President: Theresa Haynes VP Education: Nancy Carpenter VP Membership: Maria Cubacha VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca Secretary: Bill Hinrichs Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz Our Toastmaster was Kelly with Summer Treasures” Our Sergeant at Arms Katie, called our meeting to order.   Our President Lynne opened our meeting.  VPE Next   Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute Nancy shared information on an article from TM Magazine “How to Persuade People: 7 principles of Persuasion” Learning Moment Link Persuasion https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2025/june/how-to-persuade-people GATE TEAM: Grammarian: Theresa Word of the day “Season”   Ah Counter –Lynne Timer –Maria General Evaluator –Deanna Our 1st Speaker was Katie with “My Stepson Rick” Evaluating Katie’s speech was Bill Our Table Topics Master was Kerry Our Table Topic Speakers were Amy, Natalia, Brian, Chirag, Turtle, Nitin, Justin and Lynne  Members in Attendance were Maria, Bill, Amy, Natalia, Katie, Lynne, Nancy Kelly, Brian, Justin, Nitin, Turtle, Chirag, Kerry, Deanna, and Theresa Guests in Attendance:  Gerardo Reyes Motion to adjourn: Nancy, 2nd Bill

June 10, 2025 Officer's Meeting

Officer's Meeting 6.10.2025 William Hinrichs ​William Hinrichs​ June 10, 2025 PSNW Officer’s Meeting Minutes Attendees: Deanna S, Katie M, Nancy C, Lynne D. Bill H. Theresa H,Kelly F 1. Opening 1. Welcome 2. Approval of May 2025 minutes (unanimous) II. Officer Reports see page 2 III. Old Business Lynne as the outgoing President thanked the current officers for their service and said it was an honor to serve as president, and hard to believe her year was up. She reminded us that she is off July and August, on the water. Lynne mentioned that elections would take place at our June 17 meeting and reviewed our proposed slate of officers. She also mentioned that others could put their name in the running, as long as they did so before the next meeting. Proposed slate: President: Theresa Haynes VP Education: Nancy Carpenter VP Membership: Maria Cubacha VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca Secretary: Bill Hinrichs Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz IV. New Business · Badges for Officers. Kelly, who has a badge, indicated that some of our members do activities, including toastmaster events, other than club events, and it would be nice to have badges. Deanna indicated that only some of the officers do this and in order to control expenses we might only do this for officers needing this. Theresa and Bill expressed a need for badges, and a motion was made and passed unanimously to purchase badges for them. · Next visit to The Hop and Hound After our July 1, in-person meeting at Brightwater members will be invited to visit former club member, Dustin Urlacher’s Hop and Hound bar in Bothell. Katie will be the point person on this and see if we can bring food for a potluck lunch. Kelly agreed to make a spreadsheet where participants can log what they will bring. V. Announcements VI. Adjourn Katie made a motion to adjourn, Kelly seconded. Officer Reports June 10, 2025 VP Education/ Webmaster: Nancy Webmaster: Nothing new I keep a spreadsheet of who did speeches and what date. Basecamp sends me a monthly activity list. Most of us are good about submitting completion. I only needed to remind 2 members this time. I sent nice emails to members we have not seen in a while: Brian, Nadine, and Natalia. Chirag is back. Adriana got her job at Amazon and will try to come back when things settle. If anyone completes a level between now and the end of the month, I would like to have them wait until July, so it counts on next year's DPR...only if they are agreeable. VP Membership: Theresa indicated that there for the last couple of months, but things had slowed down a bit. Total Members: 26 current members New Members: None this month. TI Inquiries: We had 6 TI inquiries! Meeting Visitors: May 13: Chandran May 20: Ankit Parikh and Moe Kabba May 27: Moe Kabba June 3: Ankit Parikh Member removals: None VP Public Relations: Kelly · Badges. Once new officers are finalized, we should order badges. Especially for Theresa, since she will be our new president. Yay!!! · Next Event. Hop and Hound after the July in person meeting. Deanna or Lynne, would you like to organize another visit with Dustin at our next in person meeting since it was discussed at our last meeting? · Social Media o YouTube - 46 subscribers•357 videos o Facebook - 389 likes • 419 followers Treasurer: Deanna advised things on her end were running more smoothly, and the use of Zelle was a plus. TI Self-Pay saves her time as well. 1. Account balance in green zone. – reasonable club expenses for parties/raffles etc.… available. Approve requests in advance, submit receipt, & PSNW will reimburse via Zelle. 2. Currently fine-tuning Concur reports to get D2 dollars ($125) deposited on or before 6/15/25. Deanna indicated that our club is very good about collecting these dollars. She also learned that most clubs don’t even pursue these extra funds. 3. The PSNW bank account balance is $1065.93 of 6/9/25. Secretary/Scribe: Bill I have nothing new to report from the scribe department. Bill Sergeant at Arms: Katie Nothing to report from the realm of Sgt at Arms except that all is well. President: Lynne Thank you!!! It’s hard to believe that my term as PSNW President has come to an end. I am honored to have served as your President for the past year. Thank you, all, for your great support over the last twelve months!! · To Nancy for serving as President pro-tem while I was gone in July and August, along with the added layer of responsibility as we secured our new meeting location. · To Katie for the amazing and efficient way you found us our new home at Brightwater Center. It has proven to be a great meeting location, one that should serve us well long term. · To Kelly for standing in for Dustin, our VP Membership, during his travels last summer, and for serving as my proxy for the TMI meeting. · To Deanna for introducing us to and showing us that TI Self Pay is an excellent option for our club. · To Bill and Theresa, for stepping up last January and taking on two especially important positions in our club. You have both excelled and I appreciate all you have done for PSNW. Some Highlights from the past twelve months: 1. We found our new In Person meeting location, Brightwater Center. 2. We started using Self Pay through TI. 3. We formalized the PSNW Guest Policy and Guest Speaker Policy 4. We visited Dustin’s new bar, The Hop and Hound. 5. We celebrated PSNW’s 22nd Anniversary 6. PSNW received five awards at the 2025 D2 Conference · Perfect 10 for reaching all our educational goals. · Kelly is receiving a ‘Gold Star’ award for going above and beyond as a Toastmaster. Thanks to Kelly we are receiving the Best Website Design (2nd year) Nancy Carpenter is receiving “VP Education of the Year.’ · Katie Munoz is receiving Area Director of the Year.

June 3,2025 minutes

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June 3, 2025, Meeting Minutes   

 Announcements:   Lynne Went over the protocol for our in-person meetings where speakers come to the front of the room and shake hands with the leader, so the stage is never left empty.  Lynne also mentioned that Theresa was named Toastmaster of the week.  There is a writeup on Theresa’s involvement in Toastmasters in the latest issue of Starburst. 

Our Toastmaster was Bill with: “Pathways to Brilliance Recap/ The Road Ahead” 

Our Sergeant at Arms Katie called our meeting to order.  

 Our President Lynne opened our meeting.  

VPE Next   Lynne for Nancy:  Meeting Roles   Lynne passed the signup sheet around for roles for next week's meeting.  No Education minute was presented, but instead, Bill, as Toastmaster, explained the broader role of Toastmasters International and the 

Structure of contests and competitions. 

Grammarian:  Deanna word of the day “fork”   

Ah Counter – Warren 

Timer –Lynne 

General Evaluator – Robert  

Our 1st Speaker was Mara with “The Let’s Play Money Podcast is Live” 

Evaluating Mara’s speech was Katie 

Our Table Topics Master was Kelly 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Theresa, Lynne, Deanna, and Chirag 

 Members in Attendance were Mara, Bill, Robert, Katie, Lynne, Kelly, Chirag, Warren, Deanna, Turtle, and Theresa  

Guests in Attendance: Ankit 

Motion to adjourn: Robert 2nd Katie 

 

May 27,2025 minutes

 May 27, 2025 TM minutes

May 27, 2025, Minutes 

 

Announcements:  

Lynne conducted the Mentor/ Protegee agreement between Katie as mentor and TK (Turtle)  

as protegee. Lynne also mentioned the merging of our District 2, with District 9 and 32. This realignment will combine Eastern WA, the Idaho panhandle and part of Oregon along with all of Alaska and Tacoma S. to Olympia to a newly merged District 2. See current Starburst Newsletter for details. 

Toastmaster:   Kerry with the theme “Seasons of Life” 

Our Sergeant at Arms:  Katie called our meeting to order. 

Our President Lynne; opened our meeting. 

VPE Next    Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute:  Nancy referred us to an article “Top 3 picks to improve your communication skills,” 

GATE TEAM 

Grammarian:  Kelly with the word of the day “relish” 

Ah Counter Justin 

Timer –Bill 

General Evaluator Lynne 

 

Our 1st Speaker was Marcus with “A Trip to Richland.” 

Our 2nd Speaker was TK with,” Training Up" 

 

Evaluating Marcus’s speech was Kelly 

Evaluating TK’s speech was Warren 

 

Table Topics Master was Katie . Table topics speakers were Amy, Maria, Kabba, Theresa, Kelly and Warren. 

Members in Attendance were Warren, Katie, Theresa, Bill, Lynne, Nancy, Marcus, Amy, Kelly, Deanna, TK, Kerry, Justin, and Maria  

guests in Attendance: Kabba  

Motion to adjourn: Katie 2nd Deanna 

 

May 20,2025 Minutes

 May 20, 2025, Minutes 

 

Announcements:  

Lynne mentioned that several members attended the May 17 District 2 conference, and we got several awards. She also mentioned that our club was formed 22 years ago this month, and we are still going strong.  As Toastmaster she gave a brief history of Public Speaking Northwest. 

Toastmaster:   Lynne with the theme “Happy Birthday PSNW” 

Our Sergeant at Arms: Barb for Katie called our meeting to order. 

Our President Lynne; opened our meeting. 

VPE Next    Lynne for Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute:  Lynne shared information on the role of the Table Topics Master at our meetings: 

 

1.Remind members on the Word of the Day 

2. If we have guests, describe Table Topics. 

3 Advise members they don’t have to answer the question posed but can take it in any direction. 

3. Review the agenda ahead of time and identify which members don’t have meeting roles and call on them first, rather than asking for volunteers. 

4. Call on guests only after 3 members have spoken, to give guests a chance to see how tt works. 

GATE TEAM 

 Grammarian:  Marcus with the word of the day “Celebrate” 

Ah Counter Sonal 

Timer –Bill 

General Evaluator – Barb 

 

Our 1st Speaker was Theresa with “Making Peace with 4 Communication Styles! 

Our 2nd Speaker was TK with,” Hey Me Too!” 

 

Evaluating Theresa’s speech was Nadine 

Evaluating TK’s speech was Robert 

 

Table Topics Master was Warren Table topics speakers were Amy, Adriana, Maria and Ankit Parikh 

Members in Attendance were Warren, Katie, Theresa, Robert, Bill, Lynne, Marcus, Amy, Barb, Maria, Adriana, Sonal, TK, Nadine  

guests in Attendance: Moe Kabba and Ankit Parikh 

Motion to adjourn: Marcus and Bill simultaneously 2nd Robert